Santorini

Santorini caldera is a large, mostly submerged caldera, located in the southern , 120 kilometers north of in . Visible above water is the circular Santorini island group, consisting of , the main island, and at the periphery, and the at the center.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 134 metres
  • Description: caldera in Thira municipality, Greece
  • Also known as: “Santorini caldera”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Prehistoric Thera and Catholic Cathedral Church of Saint John The Baptist.

Museum
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The is located in , on the island of in . It was built on the site of the old Ypapanti Church which was destroyed in the 1956 Amorgos earthquake.

Church
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The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in , on the island of , in the region of . The cathedral church serves as the seat of the Bishop of Santorini.

Museum
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The is a museum in , , . It was built in 1960 to replace an older one which had collapsed by the 1956 Amorgos earthquake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fira and Imerovigli.

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is the main town and cultural centre of Thira, the largest island in the archipelago. It boasts a variety of museums, art galleries, cathedrals and picturesque churches to explore, as well as the island's widest selection of shopping and dining.

is a small village famous for its beautiful sunset that give it the nickname balcony of the Aegean. It is on Thira, the largest island in the archipelago, just north of capital .

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is a quiet traditional village in the heart of , sitting on a hill facing east. The roads narrow as you get closer to the village, a mixture of cream and white Cycladic houses with contrasting colourful wooden doors.

Santorini

Latitude
36.4044° or 36° 24′ 16″ north
Longitude
25.3959° or 25° 23′ 45″ east
Elevation
134 metres (440 feet)
Open location code
8G87C93W+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 264987371
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Wiki­data ID
Q2071883
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Santorini” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Santorini-kaldera”
  • Arabic: “كلديرا سانتوريني”
  • Armenian: “Սանտորինի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Santorini vulkanı”
  • Belarusian: “Сантарын”
  • Catalan: “caldera de Santorí”
  • Catalan: “Caldera de Santorí”
  • Chinese: “圣托里尼火山口”
  • Chinese: “聖淘維尼火山竉”
  • Czech: “Santorin”
  • Czech: “Santorini”
  • Dutch: “Santorini caldera”
  • Finnish: “Santorinin kaldera”
  • Finnish: “Santorínin kaldera”
  • French: “caldeira de Santorin”
  • French: “Caldeira de Santorin”
  • French: “Golfe de Santorin”
  • German: “Santorin-Caldera”
  • Greek: “Καλδέρα Σαντορίνης”
  • Greek: “Καλντέρα της Σαντορίνης”
  • Greek: “Σαντορίνη”
  • Hebrew: “סנטוריני (הר געש)”
  • Hebrew: “סנטוריני”
  • Indonesian: “Kaldera Santorini”
  • Italian: “Caldera di Santorini”
  • Japanese: “サントリーニ・カルデラ”
  • Korean: “산토리니 칼데라”
  • Ladin: “Santorini caldera”
  • Latin: “Caldera Theraea”
  • Macedonian: “Санторини”
  • Persian: “کالدرا سانتورینی”
  • Russian: “Санторин”
  • Russian: “Санторини”
  • Scots: “Santorini caldera”
  • Serbian: “Санторини”
  • Slovak: “Sandorini (sopka)”
  • Slovak: “Santorin (sopka)”
  • Slovak: “Santorín (sopka)”
  • Slovak: “Santorín”
  • Slovenian: “Santorinska kaldera”
  • Spanish: “Caldera Santorini”
  • Spanish: “Tera”
  • Spanish: “Thera”
  • Spanish: “Volcán Santorini”
  • Ukrainian: “Санторин”
  • Ukrainian: “Санторині”
  • Ukrainian: “Санторін”
  • Ukrainian: “Санторіні”
  • Venetian: “Caldera de Santorini”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣托里尼火山口”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖托里尼火山口”

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